CBRE Global Investors has appointed Sophie van Oosterom as chief investment officer and a member of the EMEA executive committee.
CBRE Global Investors has appointed Sophie van Oosterom as chief investment officer and a member of the EMEA executive committee.
Van Oosterom joined CBRE Global Investors 18 months ago as head of Special Programmes EMEA. Her responsibilities included investor strategy, repositioning and value creation for the various special programme funds.
This included taking the lead of the fund management team and restructuring the €2 bn Dutch Office Fund, as well restructuring and relaunching the European Industrial Fund.
As CIO EMEA, she will focus on investment strategy, investment underwriting and performance management in the region. She will also chair the European investment committee.
Van Oosterom has nearly 20 years of finance and real estate experience. She joined CBRE Global Investors from Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners (now Silverpeak Real Estate Partners), where she was European head of asset management and in that capacity a board member of a number of real estate companies throughout Europe.